![]() ![]() Of all Game of Thrones’ many tricks, subverting our idea of prophecy and heroism is often one of its cleverest. For those invested in Thrones, it’s better that this won’t pan out. ![]() The truth is that she doesn’t fit any of the series’ biggest prophecies, and overlooks years training as a Faceless Man. Those entertaining the “Arya is Azor Ahai” theory all seem to be working backwards from the fancy dagger work that eventually did the Night King in. The Night King’s big Battle of Winterfell scene was a long-awaited Thrones moment The biggest questions after the Battle of Winterfell Neither of them actually did the killing, but prophecy is murky like that. And as far as that goes, it seems like Jon and Daenerys filled that role together and did so pretty effectively by bringing most of Westeros together to stand against the army of the dead at Winterfell. The only real details we got on what exactly Azor Ahai, or The Prince That Was Promised, will do is that they will help the world stand against The Others (the books’ term for White Walkers). Arya killing the Night King is an extraordinary, world-shaping act, but not necessarily part of the prophecy. The biggest problem might be that we’ve already got two people who both fit that prophecy. Arya and the Night King HBOĪs far as evidence for Arya fulfilling a prophecy, this isn’t particularly convincing. This person is also, if songs of older times are to be believed, supposed to have been born from the line of Rhaella and Aerys Targaryen. First, the person in question was supposed to have been born of smoke and salt under a bleeding star. In the show, we haven’t heard too many details about the legend the books fill in some important blanks. For a Game of Thrones character to own that resurrected role, they’d have to meet the criteria set down by the Azor Ahai prophecy or The Prince That Was Promised legend - or at least some of it. If she was powerful enough to take out the main villain of the entire season, she must be more powerful than anyone had ever imagined. For years, people assumed that either Jon or Dany would rise to the occasion, but in the wake of season 8’s “The Long Night,” theory-spinning fans have a new idea.Īt the tail end of The Battle of Winterfell, Arya Stark killed the Night King, leading a handful of people to wonder if she is Azor Ahai. The identity of this figure, or who on the show it might turn out to be, has been a central mystery since Melisandre introduced the prophecy to us back in season 2. Azor Ahai is one of Game of Thrones’ most legendary figures, a messianic hero predicted to be reborn when Westeros needs saving from death.
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